Ahhh,but the bars to which Bob refers are not nearly as substantial
as the ARB ones.I paid $650Aus for mine 11 years ago when the
van was new so if you can get one in 2003/04 for circa $700 I don't
think there's that much to complain about.

I don't have a website but I do have pics of the bar (albeit painted
black) on my van.If anyone wants to see one, email me and I'll
send you a pic early next week when I'm back at work.

BTW,if emailing ARB in Oz,refer to the vans in question as
VW Transporters or even Caravelles '80 to '92.The cheesy
V-word was never used outside the Nth American market...;)

Anyway,if you wanna pic,lemme know...

Cheers,
Steve O
NSW Australia
'92 Transporter WBX Kombi
'00 Transporter Double Cab
'03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)

At 07:19 PM 17/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Date:    Wed, 17 Dec 2003 11:22:11 -0700
>From:    Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Subject: Re: ARB bull bars
>
>Check these out for comparison.
>For the Front: http://tinyurl.com/zo4u $499.95 powder coat black.
>.. and the rear: http://tinyurl.com/zo5m $399.95 black powder coat with 2"
>receiver.
>
>Check out those url's. They look very nice. Located in Salt Lake City, UT.
>They're on my tax refund list.
>
>Bob Stevens
>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ryan Alfonso" <ryan_alfonso@COMCAST.NET>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 10:46 AM
>Subject: ARB bull bars
>
>
> > Hi Gang!
> >
> > Back in my redneck Toyota 4WD days, the best bull bar in the business was
> > made by ARB in australia.  There were several other competitors but NONE
> > was
> > equal in quality.
> >
> > I put in a request to see if they'd consider making a special run of 20 or
> > so units for Vanagons.
> >
> > To my amazement, they said this idea might just float!
> >
> > But, they'd need to do a run of about 100 units to recoup costs etc.
> >
> > Between this group, the syncro folks, adventurous 2wd'ers we GOTTA be able
> > to come up with 100 folks interested in doing this, right?
> >
> > Cost?  Well, they're typically in the range of about 700 bones, but I
> > could
> > be wrong.
> >
> > Could we get BUSDEPOT type vendor to provide logistical support?
> >
> > -R
> >